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ch 29 Presentation
For World History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Militarism | a policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war. |
| Italy | An European country that joined Germany and Austria-Hungary to form the Triple Alliance |
| Serbia | An European country who wanted to absorb all the Slavs on the Balkan Peninsula, which led to World War I |
| Russia | An Asian country who sided with the Triple Alliance first, then later joined the Triple Entente with France and Britain during the World War I |
| France | One of the first three countries that formed the Triple Entente |
| Greece | A new European nation that just won independence from the Ottoman Empire and later joined the Allies |
| Germany | One of the three European nations to form the Triple Entente and one of the most active nation during the World War I |
| Great Britain | A very strong European nation who formed the Triple Entente and took an important role during the World War I |
| Austria-Hungary | An European Empire who joined Germany and Italy to form the Triple Alliance, and one of the first country to start war in Europe. |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Two Balkan areas, with large Slavic population, the Serbians and the Austrians both sought to rule , which led to war |
| Balkans | The people who live in the Balkan Peninsula, a mountainous peninsula in the southeastern corner of Europe with varieties of ethnic groups, such as: Serbs, Greeks, Bulgarians.... |
| Alsace-Lorraine | A territory that used to belong to France but France had to give it up to Germany as a result of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 |
| Otto Von Bismarck | A German chancellor who wanted Europe to maintain peace by making treaties and isolating France. |
| Triple Alliance | A military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy in the years preceding World War I |
| Kaiser Wilhelm II | A greedy German emperor who forced Bismarck to resign and who rules Germany during the World War I |
| Triple Entente | A military alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia in the years preceding the World War I |
| Central Powers | World War I, the nations of Germany and Austria-Hungary, along with the other nations that fought on their side |
| Marne | A river in France that has valleys where the France Allied Powers and the Central Powers fought. Two battles happened here: The First Battle of Marne and The Second Battle of Marne |
| Verdun | A city located in Northeastern France where Germany and France fought the Battle of the Somme |
| Japan | A strong Asian power that participated during the World War I, it joined the Allies |
| "No man's land" | The space between the opposing trenches where the lands do not belong to neither the Allies nor the Central Power. |
| Allies | During World War I, the nations of Great Britain, France, and Russia, along with the other nations that sided with them. |
| Western Front | During World War I, the region of northern France where the forces of the Allies and the Central Powers battled each other |
| Schlieffen Plan | Germany's military plan at the outbreak of World War I, according to which German troops would rapidly defeat France and then move east to attack Russia |
| Trench Warfare | A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield |
| Eastern Front | During World War I, the region along the German-Russian border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks |
| The Gallipoli Campaign | The Allies' plan on taking a region in the Ottoman Empire known as the Dardanelles |
| Unrestricted Submarine Warfare | The use of submarines to sink without warning any ship found in an enemy's waters |
| Total War | A conflict in which the participating countries, devote all their resources to the war effort |
| Rationing | The limiting of the amounts of goods people can buy_ often imposed by governments during Wartime,when goods are in short supply |
| Propaganda | information or material spread to advance a cause or to damage an opponent's cause |
| Armistice | an agreement signed between the Allies and Central Powers to to stop fighting |
| Woodrow Wilson | An American representative who was part of the Big Four among with other international representatives |
| Georges Clemenceau | a French representative who was part of the Big Four among with other international reprensentatives |
| Self-determination | the freedom of a people to decide under what form of government they wish to live |
| The Treaty of Versailles. | the peace treaty signed by Germany and the Allied powers after World War I |
| League of Nations | An international association formed after World War I with the goal of keeping peace among nations |
| The Fourteen Points | A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after the World War I |
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